Protect yourself against Chlorine

So you swim, so do I, what is the big deal?  Oh yeah, your new hair color cost you $200+ and you have to “protect your investment”.

Let’s make this easy… the best-case scenario is to not let the chlorinated water touch your hair. All you need is a leave in conditioner and a swim cap.  By filling the porosity of you hair with normal tap water than applying Screen’s Smooth Leave-in Conditioner and sealing it with a swim cap you will create the ultimate Chlorine barrier.  

On second thought, if the swim cap does not appear to be aesthetically pleasing, you can block most of the chlorinated water by using tap water and a low Ph leave-in conditioner (Smooth Leave-in Conditioner has a Ph of 2.8).  Low Ph causes the hair shaft to contract upon itself leaving less space “inside” the hair shaft for dangerous chlorinated water to hang out. The tap water is very important because it takes the space that the damaging chlorine would normally go.

No matter how you shield your hair from the pool, always shampoo out the chlorine with a gentle chelating shampoo such as Dazzle Shampoo from Screen.  Getting the chlorine out before it can go to work on your hair is as important as blocking it.